“Nikaah”(1982) was a movie that had some very popular songs in it. In fact, two of its songs went on to become number 2 and 3 in the annual programme of the Binaca geetmala countdown show.
Personally I liked the movie and its songs. But even I took the other songs of this movie for granted. Yesterday, when I listened to this song “beete huye lamhon ki kasak saath to hogi”, I was amazed- not only at the quality of the song, but also at my inability to pay close attention to this song all these years.

This song is a “separation” song. Students of a college have passed out and are leaving the college and entering into real life. A function has been organised on this occasion, and the students are giving their performances. Raj Babbar, one of the students, sings this song. Seated among the audience is Salma Agha, his class mate.

This song is written wonderfully well by Hasan Kamaal. It is almost as if the days of Sahir Ludhianvi were back. And the music director is that one and the only Ravi. The song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor.

This is a fantastic soing . It may not have become as popular as a few other songs from this movie, but quality wise, this song is just outstanding.

In addition to this song and the two other songs that stood second and third in Binaca geetmala final, this movie also introduced us to Ghulam Ali. His ghazal “chupke chupke raat din” was also there in the movie, without the permission of Ghualm ali himself. But that worked out well for him today, as Ghulam Ali earned a huge fan following in India aften that.